50 Cent in Cape Town South Africa
G-Unit and their leader, 50 Cent, will be hitting up South Africa to do some major concerts in Johannesburg and Capetown. The tour, dubbed The Virgin Mobile 50 Cent & G-Unit Tour, will be produced by SABC 1, Showtime & Virgin Mobile and feature rappers from G-Unit including 50 Cent, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks & Tony Yayo. G-Unit will perform on May 1st at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg and later in Capetown at the Belville Velodrome on May 3rd.
Peter Boyd, the CEO of Virgin Mobile South Africa said, “Virgin Mobile is proud to sponsor the 50 Cent Tour in association with SABC1 as our heritage has always set squarely in music,“ continuing, “Music is at the heart of what we’re about, and it’s what our customers love too. That’s why we put our money where our mouth is and get involved by supporting a whole host of live music events.” Tickets are available at all Computicket outlets.
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Apr 6th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Would be cool to check out the concert. 50 is a bit washed up right now, but is worth seeing because of his past albums. When he was good, he was good. Then he got “Wanksta” on us and turned pussy! :)
Lloyd Banks is the man to look out for the future of G Unit. Known to be the muscle of the group, he will most likely succeed as leader and he has this REAL smooth flow about him.
The South is big right now, and Young Buck definitely brings that flavour, guys like Young Jeezy, Slim Thug, Bun B are all South side rappers, so the South influence will be cool with Banks leading with his smooth hooks.
:) Clearly I’m a hip hop fan!
Apr 6th, 2008 at 11:31 am
I would love to see Justin Timberlake and 50 Cent perform, especially if it could be like JT’s concert at Madison Square Gardens – what a rocking concert!
Lloyd Banks.. I agree with you 100%.
Ye bud, I know you love your hip hop, we must swop some tunes again in the near future, I need to up my collection!
Apr 6th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Chris: Friends of mine went to see Justine Timberlake in Dublin last year. They were not impressed. He is not really the live performance type. I think it is difficult to get the same affect to his music live than on record. I saw the same concert on TV here later and thought it was a bit lame.
Apr 6th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Interesting, I watched the Madison Square Gardens concert and it was incredible, in fact, I would actually go out and by the DVD!
Perhaps that Dublin performance was not that impressive?
What you reckon?
Apr 7th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Chris I am not a concert person as crowds make me a bit uneasy. I even avoid London Underground during peak time. My first and last concert was 100 years ago in Wembley watching Depeche Mode.
Maybe the Justin venue in Dublin was a bit crappy. I prefer to watch the music video. After all not that much of a fan. Prefer 50’s 60’s music.
Apr 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
@ Chris – BUY the dvd, not by the dvd!
Shame on you bud! where did you get your shocking education again :p
Apr 7th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
@Rustig – Interesting you say that, I’ve started to feel the same about crowds! I work EXTREMELY hard during the day and when I get out, the last thing I’m able to deal with is a whole lot of noise and movement. Depeche Mode – what a killer concert that must have been! I’m loving jazz music at the moment :)
@HoTsTePPa – Argh, sorry man, so damn busy that these things happen. I went to this all boys school in the Southern Suburbs, was meant to be a good one ;)
Apr 8th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
50 a.k.a.ferrari f fitty
i got non little to do bfore i die
and i aaint got time to waste lets break it….
thats ftty man he deserves everythin he got
and jus because u hatin does not mean he gon loosin so piss off son of bitcth let these people do their thin sfiso cape town
Apr 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Haha, I assume those are lyrics from one of his songs?
I think the concert will be amazing, he is talented and has a massive following!
You going Sifiso?
Apr 14th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
latetly am a dog,i dnt care wat people say cuz all de people i trust stabbd me in the back.i learnd alot from dose people.if it was nt ment 2 be it was nt.so dat made me a dog.i also have dis strange feelings dat i cnt cntrl.so bcum a dog if u hav am a dog devil
Apr 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Lol, thanks mr bugs :)
Apr 16th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Since buck is no longer in g unit is he still coming down?
Apr 16th, 2008 at 10:48 am
That’s a good question and I actually don’t know the answer, let me know if you find out please!
Apr 30th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Yo.
I heard Koldproduk might be opening for 50 when he come here to Cape Town, is this True?
I peeped the video and i know it’s got a SAMA nomination and the boys are crazy hot on the mic, so it’ll be cool if they came to the Mother City so we can see what the hype’s about.
SA Hip hop’s going places this year, i mean peep Jabba and em. Now Koldproduk?
Nice album though, no hateration.
D
Apr 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I also heard that, what a wicked opening!
You got your tickets?
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
‘HoTsTePPa’… u dont know what u talkn about u muppet… go to a doctor and get ur head chekd before u wreck urself.. Pleb!!! lol, 50′Cent washed up, dont make me laugh. hahah
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Lol, Jman.. careful, he’s a regular around here, have some respect mate..
May 4th, 2008 at 10:05 am
he is all that just saw him, know leaving the airport all i can say cameras aint doing him any justice bets teeth ever ha ha ha ha ha
May 4th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Hi Janet, little hard to know what you’re talking about, hehe. Did you go to the concert?
May 4th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
HotTseppa surely you are not a hip hop fan because if you listen to the new album you will understand that his game is back.the problem is that you are in south africa where hip hop is dead!
May 4th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
He is a big hip hop fan, I think he just doesn’t go to much into this commercial stuff :)
May 4th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
:)
I am a HUGE hip hop fan.
I was also a very big 50 fan when he was rolling out hits one after the other. I respect his previous work and he was genuinely good at his prime. His prime is over though and its going to take a lot to bring him back. He doesn’t have the staying power that ppl like Nas, Jay Z and even T.I. have. These guys drop album after album, disappear for months and still come back with killer albums. Not one or two songs… ALBUMS of good stuff.
Sorry if I offended you guys, but I think 50’s prime is over. I didn’t make the concert though, but I heard he is a good performer.
I’m a Fat Joe fan, but was REALLY disappointed in his performance recently. Guess its the concert artist vs the studio artist thing!
May 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Hey HoTsTePPa,
Thanks for popping in and putting some very valid information across. I agree with you about 50 not having the staying power, it’s a good observation!
I’ll remain optimistic and hope that he does manage :)
May 5th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
MAAAAAAAAAN!!!! I never knew South Africa had such hot talent! Did any of you guys see koldproduk open for 50 cent???
I know 50 is an international superstar but koldproduk where HOTTT!! Thats the first time I had ever seen them or even heard about them and im already their biggest fan!
Am I the only one that thinks that koldproduk is just as hot as 50?
Is their album called koldproduk or All under heaven??
HS
May 5th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Hey,
SA hiphop is taking off in a HUGE way. One of the biggest players to watch is DJ Ready D. The guy has been on a roll for a while now and i think that he played his best set recently when he opened for AKON and Fat Joe. He is just CRAZY as a DJ!
Some local Cape Town guys to watch is Ben Sharpa, The Acrhitypes and The Realists from a group called Pioneer Unit. I don’t know much about them, but they definitely got some good stuff to listen out to.
Would be keen to hear if anyone knows of any good HipHop gigs happening in and around CT.
May 6th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Let’s support hip hop music by buying from stores not street.
May 7th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Hey Chris – hope you doing lekka.
Just wanted to let you and some of your readers know that Koldproduk gave me a report-back on their 50c gig – they are pretty cool!
http://peakperformances.co.za/2008/05/07/koldproduk-tells-peak-all-about-their-50c-gig/
Keep yourself well!
May 7th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Very well thanks bud, how are you doing? Ah wicked, thanks for the link, hope you get some traffic from your friendly spamming efforts ;)
May 8th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Doing cool man! Hehe – spamming – damn no – you just got Koldproduk fans like Dez, and Hotspott, and of course you!
Like they say – For You, You & You!
Heheh cheers
May 8th, 2008 at 1:43 am
Glad to hear that you’re well bud! I was just teasing out, it’s all about sharing traffic, pushing and pulling between the local blogs!
Hehehe, keep well man, I’ll chat to you soon, I’m outies :)